Mwezi wa November ndi mwezi womwe timapereka mfundo ziwiri zofunika kwambiri: Matenda a Alzheimer ndi kusamalira banja. Mu 1983, Pulezidenti Ronald Reagan anali pulezidenti woyamba kutchula mwezi wa November monga National Alzheimer's Awareness Monthly Awareness Awareness, pamene Pulezidenti Bill Clinton poyamba adasankha November monga National Family Caregivers Month 1997.
N'chifukwa Chiyani Tiyenera Kuwala Matenda a Alzheimer?
Anthu a ku America oposa 5 miliyoni ali ndi matenda a Alzheimers, ndipo onse a ku America amakhudzidwa ndi izo, kaya mwachindunji kapena mwachindunji.
Izi zimaphatikizapo omwe adapezeka kuti ali nawo , omwe ali ndi zizindikiro koma sanapezepo, omwe amadziwa ndi kukonda munthu amene ali ndi matenda a Alzheimer, ndi ena onse chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa ndalama zomwe dziko lathu likugwiritsa ntchito pa chisamaliro ndi kafukufuku wokhudzana ndi kafukufuku ku matendawa.
Matenda a Alzheimer (ndi matenda a dementia ) ndi amodzi yekha mwa zifukwa 10 zakupha zakufa ku United States kuti tilibe njira yothetsera kapena kuchiritsa. Ndipotu mmodzi mwa anthu atatu okalamba amamwalira ndi matenda a Alzheimer's or dementia. Ngakhale pali mankhwala ochepa amene avomerezedwa ndi Food & Drug Administration kuti awapatse, iwo ali ochepa pochita bwino. Motero, ndalama zambiri zimayenera kuti apitirize kufufuza.
Kuwonjezera pamenepo, matenda a Alzheimer ndi amodzi mwa zinthu zamtengo wapatali kwambiri m'dziko lathu, malinga ndi lipoti la pachaka la Alzheimer's Association la 2017 Facts and Figures.
Amagulitsa bwanji? Chaka ndi chaka, ndalama zokwana madola 259 biliyoni zimakhala zokwanira, kuphatikizapo ndalama zowonongeka komanso zosagwirizana.
Nchifukwa Chiyani Mukuwunikira Zowona pa Banja Loyamwitsa Banja?
Malingana ndi kafukufuku wa RAND, anthu ku United States amathera maola biliyoni 30 akusamalira anthu a m'banja lawo. Owasamalira awa amakhala pafupifupi maola 20 pa sabata ndipo ntchito yawo imayesedwa pa $ 522 biliyoni pachaka.
Omwe akusamalira banja nthawi zambiri amakhala ndi maudindo osiyanasiyana, kuphatikizapo a mnzanu, kholo, mwana wamkulu, ndi wosamalira. Mazana makumi asanu ndi limodzi aliwonse akugwiranso ntchito. Iwo akuyang'anira thanzi lawo pambali ya munthu wina. Popanda kusamalira banja, tikhoza kukhala ndi anthu mamiliyoni ambiri omwe sangathe kugwira ntchito popanda kusamala. Ndalama zathu zowonongeka ndi zaumoyo zowonongeka zingapitirire kuwonongeka. Ndipo, okondedwa athu sangakhale ndi phindu la kusamalidwa ndi mamembala awo.
Ngakhale osamalira ena mwasankha akusankha kusamalira wokondedwa wawo, ena angaganize kuti alibe chochita chochita. Izi zikhoza kukhala zokhudzana ndi chiyembekezero cha chikhalidwe , chidziwitso chochepa cha zosankha kapena kusowa kwazinthu. Omwe akusamalira, pamodzi ndi ena onse, akusowa thandizo ndi chilimbikitso. Kutopa ndi kupsinjika maganizo chifukwa chokhala wosamalira kungapangitse kupsinjika mtima , ndipo kupsepuka kumawonjezera chiopsezo chozunzidwa kapena kunyalanyazidwa .
Osamalira banja ndi gulu la anthu omwe amayenera kuthandizidwa ndi kulimbikitsidwa pamene akupita kuntchito yosaoneka yosamalira okondedwa awo.
Kodi "Kuzindikira Kwowonjezereka" N'kotani?
Kodi mumadzifunsa kuti, "Kodi ndi chiyani?" Kapena, kodi mukuganiza, "Sizimapangitsa kusiyana kwakukulu?" Ndi chifukwa chake kuwonjezera kuzindikira kungathandize.
Anthu akauzidwa za chinachake, amayamba kumvetsera. Amamvetsera mwatcheru pamene akukambirana zadongosolo la boma, akhoza kuzindikira mavuto omwe oyandikana nawo akukumana nawo pamene akusamalira mkazi wake ndi matenda a Alzheimers, ndipo angakhale okonzeka kuthandizira mabungwe omwe amathandiza osowa kapena ena kukhala ndi makhalidwe kufufuza pa matenda a Alzheimer's.
Mawu ochokera
Ngati aliyense amachita chinthu chimodzi kuti azithandiza osowa athu komanso omwe amakhala ndi Alzheimers, tikhoza kusintha palimodzi. Nazi njira zingapo zomwe mungathandizire:
- Nenani kena kake. Mukakhala ndi mwayi, funsani zochitika zanu kapena maganizo anu. Nkhani yaumwini nthawi zambiri imakhala ndi mphamvu zambiri kuposa mfundo zonse.
- Gawani nkhani yonena za Alzheimer kapena osamalira anthu pazolankhani.
- Dziperekeni ku bungwe lakumalo.
- Konzani chithandizo kwa mnzanu kapena mnzako yemwe ali ndi matenda a maganizo aumtima kapena wosamalira.
- Pitani kwa munthu yemwe ali ndi matenda a Alzheimer.
- Vota anthu omwe adzipereka kuthandiza odwala Alzheimer's and dementia, komanso osamalira awo.
Zotsatira:
Alzheimer's Association. 2017 Zolemba ndi Ziwerengero. https://www.alz.org/documents_custom/2017-facts-and-figures.pdf
Alzheimer's Association. Lipoti la Boomer. http://www.alz.org/boomers/
American Cancer Society. March 31, 2014. Mphamvu zachuma za khansa. http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerbasics/economic-impact-of-cancer
American Society on Age. October 27, 2011. November ndi Mwezi wa National Family Caregiver. http://www.asaging.org/blog/november-national-family-caregiver-month
Zaumoyo Zafukufuku. 7 OCT 2014. Mpata Wopanda Ntchito Wosamalidwa Wopanda Ulemu ku United States: Zotsatira Zatsopano kuchokera ku US Time Use Survey. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1475-6773.12238/abstract